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Correspondence, photographs and papers, circa 1920-1993, of and relating to Edwin and Willa Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13226
Scope and Contents This collection was given to the Library from one of Edwin Muir`s great-nephews and copyright-holders. The core of the collection is a substantial file of letters from both the Muirs to Edwin’s sister Lizzie, and later, to her daughters, dating from 1921-1970. This is family rather than literary correspondence, and gives an insight into the Muirs’ peripatetic lives - often financially difficult but always determinedly creative. The additional papers, including incoming correspondence and...
Dates: 1920-1993.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11021/1-223
Scope and Contents Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates: 1859-1993.

Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21072-21096
Scope and Contents

John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.

Dates: 1877-1928.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

Microfilm of photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1577
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Album, 1917, undated, of photographs of Blackpool, the voyage to South Africa with the RAMC, and wartime scenes in Cape Town and Durban (Acc.12016/1); Album, 1919-1922, of mission and family photographs taken in Tumutumu, Kenya, and in Britain (Acc.12016/5);Album entitled ‘Chogoria – the early days. The start to 12 October 1922’ (Acc.12016/6);Album entitled ‘Chogoria early days, 1922-1930’ (Acc.12016/7); Album...
Dates: [1917-1996.]

Microfilm of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson; photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family; and, an account, 1783, of East Indies caves.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.978
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Typescripts of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia (Acc.9426);

Photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family (Acc.9483);

'Account of the Caves of Kennery, Ambola, and Elephanta in the East Indies; in a letter from a gentleman in Bombay to his friend in England, 1783' (MS.3966).

Dates: 1783-[before 1987].

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Miscellaneous purchases.

 File
Identifier: MS.20766
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, 1802-1815, undated, of and concerning R B Sheridan (including letters of Sir John Macpherson and Samuel Whitbread, and material on the Drury Lane Theatre) and his son Thomas (including descriptions of a journey to Edinburgh and of Madeira); a poem, 1772, of Sheridan to his future wife; and various notes and press cuttings, 1788-1914, undated, on Sheridan and his works (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1922-1928, of Sir James G Frazer to William...
Dates: 1772-1930, undated.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Notes of evidence, 1905, to be given by the Reverend Dr William Miller, in the Free Church of Scotland case.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8285
Scope and Contents

With four addresses, 1895, 1901-1902 and undated, to Miller, and a photograph of him.

Dates: 1895-1905 and undated.

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Photographs. 97
Correspondence. 63
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 47
Typescripts. 32
Speeches. Documents. 31
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Notes. 28
Drafts. Documents. 21
Letters. Correspondence. 21
Diaries. 20
Articles. 19
Manuscripts. 18
Notebooks. 16
Legal documents. 15
Poetry. 15
Scripts. Documents 14
Documents. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 11
Lectures. 10
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Photocopies. 9
Publications. 9
Financial records. 8
Plays. 8
Lists. 7
Minutes. Administrative records. 7
Scripts. Documents. 7
Essays. 6
Literature (writings). 6
Novels. 6
Obituaries. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Programmes. 6
Reports. 6
Reviews. Document genre 6
Accounts. 5
Audiocassettes. 5
Drawings. Visual works. 5
Ephemera. 5
Maps. Cartographic materials. 5
Postcards. 5
Sketches. 5
Biographies. 4
Genealogies. 4
Memorandums. 4
Microfilms. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Pamphlets. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Research notes. 4
Reviews. Document genre. 4
Scrapbooks 4
Short stories. 4
Slides. Photographs. 4
Annotations. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Music books. 3
Musical compositions. 3
Periodicals. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Posters. 3
Professional papers. 3
Programmes 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reports 3
Scores. 3
Snapshots. 3
Videocassettes. 3
Account books. 2
Administrative records. 2
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 2
Catalogues. 2
Certificates 2
Certificates. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Deeds. Legal documents. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Estate records. 2
Family papers. 2
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Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
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Personal papers. 2
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Sketchbooks 2
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Songs. Musical compositions. 2
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Transcriptions. Documents. 2
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Travel journals. 2
Wills. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 1
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English 77
Undetermined 21
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 3
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Swedish 1
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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 3
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
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Ayr Burns Club 1
Balfour, James, Surinam, planter, d c 1841 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Church of Scotland 1
Citizen's Theatre (TAG, Glasgow, theatre company) 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Cording, Alastair, actor and playwright, fl 1971-2008 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dunlop, Isobel V S, Secretary of the Saltire Music Group, b 1901 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Gallus Stage Productions, theatre company 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackenzie, Evan, missionary in Tibet, b 1868 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
Miller, William, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1838-1923 1
Miller, William, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1838-1923: recipient 1
Mitchell, Lord Robert MacGregor, lawyer, judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University rector, 1875-1938 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Neill and Co Ltd, Edinburgh, printers 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Powell, Reginald (physicist) 1
Ross, Neil, Minister of Laggan, Inverness-shire, Gaelic scholar and poet, 1873-1943 1
Saltire Society 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 1
Skene, family, of Rubislaw 1
Small, William, Lanarkshire miners' leader, founder member of Scottish Labour Party and Independent Labour Party, d 1903 1
Smith, W Gordon (photographer, broadcaster and playwright) 1
Social Democratic Party, political party 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood (politician, Liberal MP, leader of the Liberal Party) 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933. 1
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Willis, Eustace George, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, 1903-1987 1
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